Author: campodegelo

One more trip has come to an end and it’s time to come back home. Time to gather my stuff, check all the experiences, the souvenirs and return to reality (at least this is how some people call it). A reverse culture shock plaguing more than the cultural differences of countries like Iran, Kazakhstan or…

It was a cold Autumn afternoon in Berlin when my noble Polish friends, who introduced me to hitchhiking, made a tempting proposal (or was it me who invited myself to it?): Going to Iran next Summer. I do not need many arguments to be persuaded to travel, so I accepted it on the spot, not…

I believe a trip is actually a travel package that never ends. We travel as we prepare to travel. We travel packing our bags, buying what is needed, analyzing the weather forecast. We travel by taking our transportation to the destination. This in the most literal sense of the word. We travel by eating something…

Dear person who wastes time reading letters of motivation, After several years of study, internships and various jobs, I am prepared to write this application for the most audacious project of my life. My name is Guilherme Eisfeld, 30 years old, born in Curitiba, Brazil, and a citizen of the world. My academic and professional…

Hitchhiking: traveling without paying for it. The short and objective explanation above indicates usurpation, a benefit without offering something in return, an act of detriment to current social standards. I’m not referring to the paid rides of apps like BlaBlaCar. They do not count on this. They are a paid way of moving around. I’m…

Life in Thailand is already past, the mountains of Colorado are the present, and Brazil is the future. But everything tends to change over time. Soon Brazil will be the past, Germany the present, and the horizon the future. From the wet and hot lands of Thailand to the rocky and snowy formations of the…

My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen! ​Distinguished members of the audience! Tonight, here, before your very eyes, we’re going to see the very best you the show of beasts! The elephant juggler! The seals! Dolphins in synchronized swimming! Since the ancient times animal exploitation is channeled into human recreation. Fights between dogs or roosters, bullfights, or…

8 people. 8 nationalities. 8 different personalities. 1 single objective: enjoy the beach. A German, an American, a Canadian, a Korean, a French, an Italian, a Swiss, and a Brazilian, living in harmony on Thai soil. The same globalized world that brought us together to Bangkok, made us seek a refuge, again in the warm…

The poor quality of the air, reaching its worst levels in the last years, already contagious the pores and lungs. The most careful wore surgical masks, in an attempt, which does not seem very effective, to ease the risks to health. Small government-run aircrafts flew over the city, pouring chemicals into the air, to generate…

“Hi, where are you from?” Impossible not to start a dialogue with this question in Jordan. But the most charming were the smiles right after my reply: “I’m from Brazil.” First of all, let’s rewind the tape, to find the reason for this trip. Being an active person, who rarely stays at home, especially during…